Madsen Makes a Shocking Exit

Kevin Taylor

When we came up to the main stage to type that last hand, Jeff Madsen was sitting on around 85,000. So you can imagine our surprise when we looked up, saw Madsen shaking his head, and walking away from the table with no chips in front of him. We walked up to his former table mate Eric Baldwin, and he was kind enough to give us a breakdown of Madsen's final hand.

Madsen had already taken a big hit, as Baldwin said that Madsen had only about 35,000 to start the hand. Three players saw the flop of , including Madsen in the big blind. Madsen and another player checked, which led to a 7,500 bet from the third player. Madsen then moved all in for 32,200, and he was called by the original better.

Madsen held , but he was well behind the of his opponent. Madsen couldn't catch up, and just like that, he was eliminated. An understandably frustrated Madsen punched the wall on his way out the exit doors, and we will see him for tomorrow's Day 1b.